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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnemicOak, post: 129678, member: 5224&quot;]The city was named for the river Panticapes and as far as I know has nothing to do with Pan, Pan listed in my coin descriptions is a mistake taken from the dealers descriptions (that&#039;s what happens when I copy &amp; paste) it&#039;s most definately a Satyr on the obverse. Pan has goat horns &amp; a goatish physiognomy while a Satyr has asses ears, a snub nose &amp; often wears the ivy wreath of Dionysos.&nbsp; As far as I know Pan has no real connection with the city.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is thought that they started using a Satyr on their coins as a tribute to King Satyrus I as these coins started being issued during the reign of his son Leucon I.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gold coins from the same era as these bronzes is quite beautiful, but unfortunately sells for between $10,000 &amp; $50,000 a coin.</p><p><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/cng/065/enlarged/650151.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/cng/065/enlarged/650151.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/cng/065/enlarged/650151.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been wondering why so many references list these coins under Thrace.&nbsp; The Bosporan Kingdom was well established in its own right &amp; was on the other end of the Black Sea from Thrace.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins from this kingdom in Roman times are quite interesting too.&nbsp; Unfortunately many of them have been tooled.&nbsp; It&#039;s unfortunate that so many coins form this area I see have either been tooled ot been stripped of they&#039;re patina by dealers thinking it&#039;ll make them more money to have the coin look &quot;new&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just picked up <i>An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus</i> by David MacDonald and published by Classical Numismatic Group.&nbsp; It&#039;s quite interesting &amp; has furthered my interest in the coinage of this kingdom.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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